diff --git a/coreutils-i18n.patch b/coreutils-i18n.patch
index be8e0b1..f3c42bd 100644
--- a/coreutils-i18n.patch
+++ b/coreutils-i18n.patch
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ index 5c0428d..2372047 100644
 +  if (istream == NULL)
 +    {
 +      error (0, errno, "%s", filename);
-+      return 1;
++      return false;
 +    }
 +
 +  /* Define how ISTREAM is being folded. */
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index f1d68b3..bf36f48 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 9.4
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 # some used parts of gnulib are under various variants of LGPL
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later
 Url:     https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 %license COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jul 13 2024 Sohum Mendon <sohum.mendon@proton.me> - 9.4-7
+- fix incorrect exit status when fold is called with a non-existent file
+
 * Mon Jan 29 2024 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 9.4-6
 - fix tail on kernels with 64k page sizes (RHEL-22866)